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R. H. HELSEL.

TICKET ISSUlNG MECHAMSM,

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 12. la

Patented MM2?, 1919, l 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

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WITNESS i R. H. HELSEL.

TICKET ISSUING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12. 1918.

Patented May 27, 1919.

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REUBEN HELSEL, 0F LONG- ISLAND CITY', NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGN- MENTS, TO THE AUTOMATIC TICKET SELLING AND CASH REGISTERCOMPANY, 0F

new YORK, 1v. Y., A CORPORATION..

TICKET-ISSUING MECHANISll-i.

Patented May 2'?, 1919.

Oi'iginal application led .Tune 8, 1917, Serial No. 173,474. Divided andthis application led January 12, 1918. Serial No; 211,540.

To all 'whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, REUBEN H. HELSEL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Long r'island ICity, Queens county, New York, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Ticket-IssuingMechanisms, of which the followingis a specification;

The present invention relates to improvements in ticket issuingmechanisms adapted to issue one or a plurality of tickets, propor- Myinvention consists in the improved ticket issuing mechanism and in thevarious subcombinations, separate purpose mechanisms, elements, andparts'thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings and hereinafterdescribed at claimed, and in such variations and modiiications thereofas will be obvious to those killed in theart to which my invention re-In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this s eciicationand` wherein the preferred embo viment of my invention is illustrated,and wherein the same reference numerals'are used to designate the sameparts in the various views:

Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating a desirable embodiment of myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view illustrating the various features of myimproved mechanism in side elevation.

' Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the parts in different position.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numerals 10,11 designatesupporting plates or frames spaced apart from one another and of suchsize, form and construction as YYtosupport the various elements of mymechanism hereinafter referred to at length in length and particularly.

.that they may .coperate in the 5.manner specified.

The reference numeral 12 designates the main driving shaft. of mymachine wherefrom the various elements thereof are operated. As'isreadily understood, this driving shaft may be rotated to actuate theticket issuing mechanism, nowv to be described, by any.desirable means,as for instance, the coin controlled operating means described in myapplication, Serial No. i17 3,474 aforesaid. )As therein provided forthe operating move- .ment imparted to the shaft 12' is proportionate tothe value of the coin employed so as to deliver one or a plurality oftickets.

`vl"lihe construction and' operation,I of the ticket issuing mechanismof my present invention is as follows, Secured to the main drive shaft12vof thewmaohine is a 'crank 66 located preferably beyond the plate 11,as `hown in Fig. feeding shaft supported in bearings inthe lplates v10,11 and having an arm 68 with which the crank 66 is operatively connectedthrough a link 69, whereby asI the shaft 12 rotates Oscillating notionis communicated to the said last mentionedshaft. Secured to the shaft 67and located between the lates 10 and 11 is a supporting member .0 to

I which a reciprocating strip feeding member 71 is pivotally secured at2 and said feeding member is provided with a pin 73 with which inclinedsurfaces 74, 75 at the free end of a spring actuated holding member 76engage, the said last mentioned member being pivotally connected at 77with an arm 78 carried by the supporting member 7 0,.and

.79 being a spring which acts to draw the holding member inward andtoward the shaft 67. l

The reference numeral 80 designates a curved guide plate secured to thevplate 11, and 81 a pin carried. by the strip feeding member 71 andadapted to move along the upper surface of said guide when said membe ismoved to the left, Figs. 1 and 3, and

1, and 67 is an oscillating strip along the under surface of said guidewhen said member is moved to the right and returned to its initialposition. A curved strip Vsupporting plate and guide 82 having .a .516,

l drawn from the hole in the ticket'strip and` tle pin 81 will Slidealong the under side 83 in which the cylindrical end 84 of the stripfeeding' member 71 operates is secured in place between the plates 10,11, and over which a ticket strip provided with holes at suitableintervals into which the round end of the feeding member may enter,passes, the ticket strip being held against the plate 82 by means of aspring pressed holding parts just after the machine has commenced tooperate, the round end 84 having `been moved into a hole in the ticketstrip and the movement of thestrip feedinglmember 71 to they left havingjust commenced. c

The elements through which the ticketmechanism is operated are soarissuin range and proportioned that initial move- `ment of theoscillatingl shaft 67 will move the strip feeding member 71 bodilyupward and in' a direction substantially arallel with its longitudinalaxis, and project the end 84 thereof through a hole in the ticket strip,after which and u on further angular movement of the said slli) slidealong the upper side of the guide 80. During this forward movement thestrip feeding member will lagv somewhat relative to the holding member76, and the pin 73 thereof will move along the inclined surface 74 ofthe holding member' 76 in opposition to the spring 79. At'the end of themovement of the feeding member to the left the pin 81 will run oil' theguide 80 and, as the said feedin =member begins its return movement, theree end thereof will be withe guide 80 during the return movementthereof, durin which movement the feeding member wil again lag somewhatand the pin 73 thereof will move along the inclined surface 7 5 of themember 76 op-y position to the spring 79 until 'the-pin 81 loo runs offthe guide 80 at the end of the return movement of the parts; all as willbe.

understod from the full andl dotted lines in Fig 3 of the drawings; thepurpose of the ho ding member 76, the sprin 79, the inclined surfaces 74and 75, an the pin 73 being to keep the pin 81 in contact with theAguide 80 during the forward and return movements of the strip feedingmechanism', and the feeding member in engagement with the ticket stripupon the forward movement,

'what I claim 'as vnew-and desire VLetters Patent is:

aft the pin 8-1 will and out of engagement therewith upon the returnmovement be appreciated.

At 47 is showna knife operating cam i carried by the driving shaft 12arranged lto lof Said member, as will engage a roller 48 carried by aknife operating lever 49, the latter being pvotally sup-l ported fromthe plate 10 at 50 and the said lever being drawn toward the cam 47 by a51 as best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The free end of said lever isoperatively connected with a knife 8 6 pivotally supported at 87 througha link 88, and said knife acts to sever a ticket from the ticket stripeach time it moves upwardly; and the said shaft will advance the strip alength U corresponding with a single ticket, after which a ticket willbe cut off from the strip; the number of rotations of the shaft and thenumber of tickets cut off from the strip l andV issued to the purcaser'each time 'the machine` is set into oper; vtion being dependentupon the operatmg movement impartedftheret0. g

Having thus described'my invention and Y `oscillating shaft, areciprocating strip feeding member one end of which is pivotallyconnected with said supporting member adjacent the free end thereof andthe free end to secure by of which member is adapted to engage and feeda ticket Strip, and which strip feeding member extends substantially atright angles to said supporting member and 1s movable bodil in thedirection 'of its length vto cause its ce end to engage the ticket stripaforesaid, means for maintaining the free end of said stri feeding`member in engagement -with a tic et` strip during its forward feedinmovement, and out of engagement with if curved ticket strip supportingplate located adjacent the path of movement of the free end of saidticket strip feeding member, and extending transverse-to thelongitudinal axis thereof, and means forvoperating said oscillatinshaft.

2. icket strip feeding'mechanism comprisin an oscillating shaft,A areciprocating strip ceding member movable bodily in the direction of itslength and one end of which is pivotally connected with said oscillatingshaft to one side of the axis thereof through a supportingY membervcarried 'by said shaft, and the free end` of which strip feeding memberis adapted to engage and vfeed a ticket strip, means for maintaining thefree end of said strip feeding member 1n engagee strip during its returnmovement, a

megeve ment with a ticket stri during its ,forward feeding movement, anout of engagement with the strip during its return movement, a i

curved ticket strip supporting plate located adjacent the path ofmovement of the free end of said ticket strip feeding member andextending transverse to the longitudinal axis thereof, and means foroperating said oscillatory shaft.

3. Ticket strip feeding mechanism comprising an oscillating shaft, areciprocating strip feeding member one end of which is pivotallyconnected with said oscillating shaft to one side of the axis thereofthrough a supporting member carried by said shaft, and the free end ofwhich strip feeding member is adapted to engage and feed a ticket strip,a spring operated holding member carried by said oscillating shaft andwhich member is operatively connected with said strip feeding member,means for maintaining the free end of said strip feeding member 1nengagement with a ticket strip during its forward feeding movement, andout of engagement with the strip during its return movement, a curvedticket strip supporting plate located adjacent the path of movement ofthe free end of said ticket strip feeding member, andmeans for operatingsaid oscillating shaft.

el. A. ticket strip feeding mechanism comprisinp` an oscillating shaft,a supporting member carried by said shaft, a reciprocating strip feedingmember pivotally connected with'said supporting member and the free endof which is adapted to engage the strip, a pin carried by said feedingmember, a guide member with which said pin engages during the forwardand returnmovements of said feeding member, ing said pin in engagementwith one portion of said guide member during the forward movement ofsaid feeding member, and in engagement with another portion of said andmeans for keep- (F5 ein guide member during the return movement ofsaid'feeding member.

5. A ticket strip feeding mechanism comprising an oscillating shaft, asupporting member carried by Sald shaft, a reciprocating strip feedingmember pivotally connected with said supporting member and the free endof which is adapted to engage the strip, a pin carried by said feedingmember, a guide member alone the upper and lower surfaces of which saidpin moves during the forward and return movements of said feedlingmember, a. spring actuated holding member carried by said supportingmember and having two inclined surfaces and a second pin carried by saidfeeding member and with which Asaid inclined surfaces engage, oneduringthe forward and the other during the return movement of saidfeeding member.

6. A ticket strip feeding mechanism comprising an oscillating shaft, asupporting member carried by said shaft, a reciprocating strip feedingmember pivotally connected with said supporting member and the free end0f which is adapted to engage the strip, a; pin carried by. said feedingmember,

a guide member along the upper and lower v surfaces of which said pinmoves during the forward and return movements of said feeding member, aspring actuated holding member pivotally connected with said supportingmember and having two inclined surfaces,

fand a second pinv carried by said feeding member and with which saidinclined surfaces engage, one during the forward and the other duringthe return movement of said feeding member.

1n witness whereof f have hereunto set my hand at the city, county andState of New York, this 22nd day of December, 1917. REUBEN H. HELSEL. lnpresence of-'- FREEDA C. MUEHmoHnR, ALEXR. DONEGAN.

